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Freaks and Geeks Season 1 Episode 18

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AIRED: 7/8/00

Daniel is sentenced to audio/visual class as punishment for attempting to pull the fire alarm to get out of taking a test. Lindsay is accepted to a two-week academic summit, but isn't excited and isn't sure about going. Nick has a new girlfriend and takes up disco dancing.moreless

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A reason why, as Popeye says," I yam what I yam"

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By chet1210, Sep 12, 2010

This series made me happy that Im a geek, and I am proud to be one of those computer nerds :)

All my working in radio shack and gateway computers sure paid off. But seriously. Shows like this, shows that geeks arent bad people. We are just misunderstood. Like that guy Minkus on Boy Meets World
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John Francis Daley	Sam Weir
Martin Starr	Bill Haverchuck
Becky Ann Baker	Jean Weir
Samm Levine	Neil Schweiber
Seth Rogen	Ken Miller
Linda Cardellini	Lindsay Weir

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Samaire Armstrong	Laurie	Guest Star
Steve Higgins	Mr. Fleck	Guest Star
Joel Hodgson	D.J.	Guest Star
Michael Beardsley	Humphries	Recurring Role
Trace Beaulieu	Hector Lacovara	Recurring Role
Busy Philipps	Kim Kelly	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (8)
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- Nick: They didn't say you're allowed to do magic!
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- DJ: Aren't you one of those guys who's always running in here yelling "Disco sucks?" What's the matter, cat got your bong, man? Is that how you learned to communicate? Running in here and yelling stuff? Is that what your precious "rock 'n' roll" teaches you?
  Ken: No, it teaches me that disco sucks!!
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- Harold: You're not lying, are you, Sam?
  Sam: No.
  Harold: 'Cause you know what happens to liars in this world, don't you?
  Sam: They end up getting killed in jail.
  Harold: Right.
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- Mrs. Bronner: Ladies, I'm not joking. Put out those cigarettes.
  Kim: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were joking.
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- Neal: Does his mom know you?
  Bill: I don't know. I never met her.
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- Lindsay: I don't know. Rosso's okay. And why would you want to ruin a mailbox?
  Ken: I don't know. We gotta blow up something.
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- Daniel: All right, fine, I'll be a dwarf, but my name is Carlos.
  Bill: Carlos the dwarf?
  Daniel: Yeah, you got a problem with that, Gorthon?
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- Ken and Daniel: Disco sucks!
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- Music: "Hot Number" by Foxy; "Box of Rain" and "Ripple" by The Grateful Dead; "I Don't Want to Be a Freak" by Dynasty; "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor; "The Groove Line" by Heatwave; "Space Funk" by Paul Feig
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- This episode was shot after episode 12 so the producers would have a final episode to air for when the show was cancelled and production was stopped.
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- This episode was originally scheduled to air 24 Apr 00.
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- For his work in this episode, Paul Feig was nominated for a 2001 Emmy for Best Writing in a Comedy.
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- The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  The hippie-van at the end of the episode has a green face that says "Stay Calm" - a reference to the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy slogan "Don't Panic".
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